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I just realized it's been exactly a month since my last post, a very busy month behind the scenes but a very quiet one for the blog. Quietness can ...

This is the ninth and last part of the Hungarian Sampler series, in which we embroider various Hungarian motifs on a tank top made using Colette Pa...

The next part of our sampler is a symmetrical floral motif with clean lines, inspired by embroidery traditionally made in the central plains of Hun...

In the course of stitching this Hungarian embroidery sampler we've thus far used the following stitches: chain stitch, buttonhole stitch, stem stit...

It's time to finish the Buzsak witchy stitching section of our sampler blouse! We will learn two stitches to do this: the backstitch, and the sa...

When you take a look at the stitching we'd done so far in the sampler, you will notice we haven't yet filled in any areas. When you look at this ph...

It has taken WAY too long for me to get back to this sampler, but better late than never (I hope)! If you look at the rest of the blog you can see ...

Last week was so busy I never got a chance to get the next installment of the sampler written up. But, it is coming! The tutorials that go along wi...

The second section of our sampler is a design made up of three tulips based on the embroidery style of the Hungarian regions of Romania, in Transsy...

The first motif (at the bottom of the sampler pattern) is based on the designs used to embellish headscarves in the South-Western part of Hungary, ...

Friends, it is that time of year here in the Northern Hemisphere: everything slows down and everyone tries to get in a few more weeks of sunshine a...